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Extraction Of A Valuable Compound From A Waste Stream For Adm Ringaskiddy, Colin G. Burkley
Extraction Of A Valuable Compound From A Waste Stream For Adm Ringaskiddy, Colin G. Burkley
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This thesis was originally conceived as a potential Masters Degree research programme by the management of ADM Ringaskiddy as a means of maximizing throughput through the plant’s wastewater treatment facility. This facility is a major producer of citric acid using beet molasses and a fermentation process. It was proposed that removal of a compound, known as betaine, from the citric acid process waste stream would reduce the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) content of the waste requiring treatment before disposal. This would be achieved by using the citric acid process waste as the feedstock for a betaine extraction process. The wastewater …